Corpus-Paul

["Rick S" <rick.strelan AT mailbox.uq.edu.au>]

From: <Ntsearcher AT aol.com>

> I think there is good evidence to suggest the plausiblity that Paul
trained 8
> men in Ephesus for the 3 years he was there. Just as Jesus trained the 12.
It
> was stroke of pure genius to do so.
etc.

I have problems with the implication that Paul was a great missionary
strategist etc. I doubt that he was even capable of strokes of 'pure
genius' - at least in the opinion of his contemporaries!

For what it's worth, I might suggest my 'Paul, Jews, and Artemis in Ephesus'
[de Gruyter 1996].

Rick Strelan
Brisbane